... for the Red Bus half day tour starting at 10:30 and therefore we won't have to be in a big rush to get moving. We have reservations here for tomorrow night also with an option for Friday night. We are not sure we will stay Friday night as we are still pondering our next move. We are thinking we may go to Banff, British Columbia, Canada but not sure of that as of yet. We drove a hugely monumental amount of miles today...39!! ...

... a really funny Sienfield episode that mimics this scenario). We stopped at the oldest Chalet in town for a cocktail then went back to camp and cooked up Bratwurst. It's been really smoky here from the fires. It is really bad this evening. Tomorrow we take the trip on the Red Bus Tour up the Going to the Sun road again. I'm not expecting to see much because of the smoke. Oh well...It will be fun for us and I don't have to ...

As promised we woke with a sense of adventure and today proved to be a good one. Our goal was a daring 12.2 mile hike (daring only in the sense that we had yet to do a hike this far, by no means an impossible distance) to Cracker Lake. We had been told by some park employees that it was a favorite of various people including many of the rangers. This early in the season many of the hikes are still covered in snow towards the end, and so our decision ...

... br> It was another hot tub evening, which is a habit I’m enjoying. The hike did a number on my calves, and the hot water felt nice. The weather has been in the upper 70s during the day and low 40s overnight, and the past two days there have hardly been any clouds. Perfect weather, really. Unfortunately, I got an interesting sunburn today on my legs – I look like a soccer player from the back (sock line on the bottom, ...